“Under God” Gains Ground in Texas

The Texas House voted early Friday to inject a little religion into the Texas pledge.

House lawmakers voted 124-5 to put the words “under God” in the Texas pledge of allegiance recited by thousands of school children every day. The change mirrors the national pledge, which has included “under God” since 1954.

Under the bill, the Texas pledge would be: “Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God and indivisible.”

The bill still needs a final vote later Friday before it is sent to the Senate.

The bill overwhelmingly passed in the Texas State House, and doesn’t appear to have much opposition in the State Senate.